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As an educator and early supporter of Water for South Sudan, Ann has gone above and beyond to bring clean water to communities that need it the most. Learn about her introduction to WFSS and what inspired her to give back. We love her dearly, and we think you will too!
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Thank you for all you do, Ann. Curiosity and a desire to inspire youth motivated me to begin my quest. I had recently been hired as a teacher for gifted and talented students. My goal was to find a rich, real-world situation from which I could build a unit of study.
During the summer ofthe local newspaper ran an in-depth article about a group of Lost Boys from Sudan who had relocated from a Kenyan refugee camp to Rochester. Their situation was one from which much could be learned. I began developing lessons for seminar-style sessions.
Engaging both elementary and middle school students was seamless. There were so many avenues to explore.
For example, imagine that you had never before seen kitchen appliances or an indoor bathroom. Trying to see the place where we live through the eyes of a person from a different place and circumstances empowered students to develop compassion. As a culminating activity at salva from long walk to water end of our unit of study, I invited a group of about a dozen Lost Boys to come to our school on a Saturday morning to speak ealva students and their parents. A fond memory of mine is a photograph that was taken of the students and young men standing together. On that Saturday morning, 20 years ago, I learned that several of the Lost Boys in Rochester had young children.
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A former carriage house behind an old home on East Avenue had been transformed into the South Sudanese Learning Center. During the summer I began volunteering to help teach a handful of children who were attending. Eventually, my two youngest sons joined me to help.]
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